Montana Cafe
[Intro]: Ab Eb *D7sus2 G6 A7 G7 God's own country tall in the saddle on a billboard D7 C7 Cowboy smoking man-sized tipped cigarette F E A7 **A7/G F# Someone with a push chair by the launderette ***B+ B+/A B+/G B+/F# Em Em/D# Early closing day Em/D Em/C# Cmaj7 A7 And there's nowhere to go but the Montana Cafe Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Supermarket trolley by a keep-left sign Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C On a traffic island double yellow line ****[musical interlude]: Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C A7 G7 Screwed up school kids' bubblegum wrappers at the bus stop D7 C7 Special offer coupons up to three pence off F E A7 A7/G F# Someone on the corner with a nasty cough ***B+ B+/A B+/G B+/F# Em Em/D# Early closing day Em/D Em/C# Cmaj7 A7 And there's nowhere to go but the Montana Cafe ****[musical interlude]: Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C mmmm mmm, mmmm mmm Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C mmmm mmm, mmmm mmm Ab Eb D7sus2 G6 A7 G7 Nympho girls and erotica showing at the Roxy D7 C7 Double-X feature late show Saturday night F E A7 A7/G F# Someone at the crossing looking left and right ***B+ B+/A B+/G B+/F# Em Em/D# Early closing day Em/D Em/C# Cmaj7 A7 And there's nowhere to go but the Montana Cafe [album version only]: Fmaj7 C Continental lorry Fmaj7 C going on its way Fmaj7 C Aerosol graffiti Fmaj7 C 'City Rule OK'... ****[musical interlude]: Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C NB: *D7sus2 (tab): E----0---------- B----1---------- G----2---------- D----0---------- A---(0)--------- E----X---------- -'X' indicates a string not to be played). -the number indicated in parentheses indicates a note that doesn't have to be played, but if desired, it can be played to fill out the chord sound more. **Chords such as A7/G indicate the chord to be played, followed by the accompanying bass note (in this case, an A7 chord with a G bass note). In this particular case, the extra bass note doesn't have to be played. However, it is recommended that the extra bass notes are played with the Em chords in particular, as they are fairly important to the overall sound of the song. ***For the B+ and Em chord progressions, (indicated by "***") the additional bass notes included create a descending bass effect. A suggested fingering for both the B+ and the Em progressions is given below (see tab). B+ B+/A B+/G B+/F# E----3-----3-------3-------3------- B----4-----4-------4-------4------- G----4-----4-------4-------4------- D----X-----X-------X-------X------- A---<2>---<0>------X-------X------- E----X-----X------<3>-----<2>------ Em Em/D# Em/D Em/C# Cmaj7 E----0-----0--------0-------0--------0------ B----0-----0--------0-------0--------0------ G----0-----0--------0-------0--------0------ D---<2>---<1>------<0>------2--------2------ A---(2)---(2)------(2)-----<4>------<3>----- E---(0)---(0)------(0)-----(0)------(3)----- Tab notes: -'X' indicates a string not to be played. -Numbers indicated in normal parentheses, eg. (2) indicate a note that doesn't have to be played. (They merely fill out the chord sound, if desired.) -Numbers shown as <2> etc, are the bass notes to be emphasised. -Chords are shown above tablature. -Cmaj7 is actually the equivalent of Em with a C bass note (ie. Em/C). A normal C chord could be played in its place, if desired. -For the B+ progression, it works best as either playing the entire B+ chord shown, and letting it ring while adding the extra bass notes over the top, or alternatively, playing the bass note and then the rest of the B+ chord each time for each bass note. ****This indicates a musical interlude, which is shown in the tablature below: (1) (2) Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C E---12--13------12--------------12--13------12------- B-----------15------13------------------15------13--- G-----------------------12--------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- Tab notes: -Both parts are playd and repeated. However, for the repeating ending in the album version, part (1) is just repeated over and over, and part (2) is omitted. -Chords are shown above tablature.